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I love the Rie Tanaka version (non-acoustic) of this song. Maybe I’m biased because it’s the first version I heard (vs. acoustic version sung by Wakana), but really looking back at it, I do prefer Rie’s. It’s just so powerful the way she sings it, not simply because she played Lacus Clyne, the character that sang this for Gundam Seed in the first place, but because as a seiyu, she can voice-act and sing wing conviction. Don’t get me wrong. I love Wakana’s voice and all, but I’d like it even better if she can sing this with emotional punch.

Wakana’s voice made me feel so emotional when I heard her sang this (although that was years ago). I just love the way she make her voice sound so sad that she could make the song hers. It’s like she’s shouldering the world’s pain and sadness or something like that. Unlike Rie Tanaka who sounds so happy even if the the song sounds so sad. Hahaha. Just saying.